Opposition takes issue with seating arrangement at President’s oath-taking ceremony | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Opposition parties on Monday submitted a letter to the Rajya Sabha chairman stating that the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, was made to sit in a seat “not commensurate with the position he holds”, at the swearing-in ceremony of President Droupadi Murmu.
The letter was tweeted by Congress leader and former union minister Jairam Ramesh.

‘Deliberate disrespect’
The Opposition described the development as a ‘deliberate disrespect’.
“Today, at the swearing-in ceremony of the Hon’ble President, Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha was made to sit in a seat not commensurate with the position he holds. We are writing to express our shock and protest at this deliberate disrespect shown to a very senior leader violating the warrant of precedence and not in accordance with protocol courtesies due to him,” read the letter.
Murmu took oath as the 15th President of India on Monday.